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Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), operating as Delta Air Lines, is a major United States airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. The airline operates an extensive domestic and international network serving all continents except Antarctica. Delta Air Lines and its subsidiaries operate over 5,000 flights every day with approximately 75,000 employees. The airline's hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic (88 million passengers per year) and number of landings and takeoffs. Delta is the sixth-oldest operating airline by foundation date, and the oldest airline still operating in the United States. Delta Air Lines is one of the four founding members of the SkyTeam airline alliance, the other three being Korean Air, Air France, and Aeroméxico. The loyalty program for Delta Air Lines is SkyMiles. Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline in terms of fleet size, revenue passenger-kilometers flown...

Delta wants travelers to weigh the distinctions between Main Cabin and Basic Economy, while perhaps considering a splurge on Delta Comfort+, where you'll get extra legroom and a free alcoholic beverage.

Please stow your tray tables: We're about to land in the '80s. Delta is taking a trip back in time with a totally awesome in-flight safety video that may actually convince you to turn off your electronics before departure. The video features some cla...

Delta Air Lines introduced a new in-flight Wi-Fi product Wednesday. The new in-flight Wi-Fi Mobile Pass is available for as low as $1.95 on flights shorter than two hours. The price increases depending on the length of flight and route. The pass allo...

The FCC may have just voted in favor of allowing cellphone calls during flights, but Delta wants you to know you will never have to suffer through someone else's calls on one of its flights. "Our customer research and direct feedback tell us that our...

Passengers who have languished in catalog-browsing boredom on take-off and landing cheered Friday, when the FAA certified JetBlue and Delta as the first airlines to let you use approved portable electronic devices throughout the entire flight. Jet Bl...

After the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday that it would begin easing restrictions on passengers' use of electronic devices during flights, JetBlue captured the new policy in a video. Deploying a team of two videographers, the airli...

Passengers on Delta and JetBlue airlines can now use personal electronic devices, like iPods and Nexus 7 tablets, throughout the entire flight, including during takeoff and landing. Both companies confirmed Friday that the Federal Aviation Administra...

Delta Air Lines announced Monday that it would purchase up to 11,000 Microsoft Surface 2 tablets to replace pilots’ flight bags. Starting with Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 aircraft, pilots on 700 planes will leave behind their 35-pound flight kit in fav...

The CEOs of the nation’s largest companies typically don’t have a reason to fly to Butte, Mont. But that’s where they are this week, a who’s who of corporate America, participating in the Montana Economic Development Summit, billed as an effort to “b...

Delta Air Lines recently gave 22,000 flight attendants new Nokia Lumia smartphones to help handle sales of food, drinks and on-board seat upgrades. Ho-hum news. However, there was a more intriguing tidbit in the airline’s news release: “In the future...

Delta Airlines' new iPad app has a cool feature that will help pass the time on long flights: A "glass bottom jet" setting that lets you see exactly where you're flying and how fast. The feature offers a view of the plane flying over the map, replete...

Delta Air Lines customers will now get destination-specific Living Social deals related to their trips thanks to a new deal between the two companies. The arrangement, announced Friday, means that customers who book a flight and visit My Trips on Del...

If you’re a marketer looking to make more inroads into social media -- and who isn’t? -- you might want to take a look at the infographic below. SimpliFlying examined the social media practices of big players in the airline industry and found that in...

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Afghanistan won a battle against Delta Airlines' bag policy, thanks to a video on YouTube. The soldiers, Staff Sgts. Fred Hilliker and Robert O’Hair of a Reserve unit in Georgia, posted a video Tuesday outlinin...

Delta Airlines customers can now check in to flights on the company's Facebook app. From the Ticket Counter application, Delta customers starting today can now check SkyMiles and preview what amenities are available for various flights, too. Delta la...

This holiday season, there’s no longer the need to debate whether to pay $9.95 for Wi-Fi on your flight home; Google is stepping up to offer free inflight Wi-Fi from Gogo on Virgin America, AirTran and Delta on all domestic U.S. flights from November...

Delta Air Lines has launched The Delta Ticket Window, a Facebook application that lets members find, book and share flights via the "Book a Trip" tab on the airline's Facebook Page. Delta aims to reach travelers with Facebook-happy trigger fingers wh...

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